Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Blocking E-Freedom

EFreedom.com is an annoying StackOverflow clone.

You can block is by adding "-site:efreedom.com" to your Google searches.

Best way to do this using Chrome:

1> Options
2> Default Search Providers -> Click "Manage"
3> Add "-site:efreedom.com" to your Android search customs OR all Google searches

Or you could use use it ad-hoc

Monday, January 10, 2011

Make Google Chrome Search Twitter

Options > Default Search > Manage

Select "Add" in the Mange Search Providers dialog

Field1: Twitter
Field2: tw
Field3: http://twitter.com/#!/search/%s

now just type "tw Star Traders" into Google Chrome to search twitter for Star Traders

Make Google Chrome Search Checkout

Options > Default Search > Manage

Select "Add"

Field1: Checkout
Field2: Checkout
Field3: https://checkout.google.com/sell/searchResults?searchField=%s&searchSubmit=Search&ordersTable=1&backToSearch=false&backToInbox=1&showClosed=false

Make Chrome Search Android Documentation

Open: Options
In the "Default Search" section of "Basics" configuration, find the "Manage" button for Search Providers.

To add a Google Android search provider, in the Search dialog, press "Add"

Field 1: Android
Field 2: Droid
Field 3: http://developer.android.com/search.html#q=%s&t=0

Now you can type "Droid View" to search the Android documentation for the word 'View'

Try it out!